Staffbase

Product security engineer

In short

Senior Product Security Engineer role at Staffbase, a SaaS company, working hybrid in Berlin on securing products and customer data. The role covers security automation, AI-assisted vulnerability detection, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline security, WAF rule maintenance, email security, and a TypeScript-based HTML sanitization service. Requires practical security expertise (pentesting, SAST/DAST, vulnerability management), strong programming skills (TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Go, or Python), Unix/Kubernetes knowledge (Terraform, Kustomize), and strong English communication; German is a plus.

About the Role
At Staffbase, security is at the heart of everything we build. Our Product Security team helps keep our products and customer data secure while enabling engineering teams across the company. We believe the best security work happens when people bring their authentic selves and diverse perspectives to the table and we're proud of the unique mix of talents and backgrounds in our team.
Responsibilities
•Take ownership of tasks that improve our security automation and strengthen our product security pipelines
•Proactively explore the use of AI for vulnerability detection and remediation
•Continuously learn and share knowledge about how vulnerabilities apply in our specific product context
•Support the team by enhancing our services with software engineering solutions
•Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the product department and gain broad exposure to how a growing SaaS company operates
•Maintain our outbound e-mail security by regularly reviewing the related metrics
•Maintain our Web Application Firewall ruleset
•Kubernetes security
•CI/CD pipelines security
•Maintain our central HTML sanitization service written in TypeScript
Requirements
•Practical knowledge of security topics (e.g. penetration testing, secure software development, vulnerability management, SAST, DAST)
•Strong programming skills, preferably one of the following: TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Go, or Python
•Practical knowledge of Unix and Kubernetes infrastructure, preferably managed via Terraform and Kustomize
•Strong communication skills in English
Nice to have
•German is a plus
Benefits
•Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan)
•Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560
•Recharge - 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August
•Support - a company pension scheme
•Volunteers Day - one day off per year for supporting a social project

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